The Two Jakes
1990, Film, 137 min, Crime, Drama, Mystery, English, United States, MoviePedia score 62
They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
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Directed by Jack Nicholson
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes
- Harvey Keitel as Jake Berman
- Meg Tilly as Kitty Berman
- Madeleine Stowe as Lillian Bodine
- Eli Wallach as Cotton Weinberger
- Rubén Blades as Mickey Nice
- Frederic Forrest as Newty
- David Keith as Loach
- Richard Farnsworth as Earl Rawley
- Tracey Walter as Tyrone Otley
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